Just in time for Friday’s French Open semifinals, a YouTube comedian’s smooth impressions of the tennis world’s biggest stars will leave you in stitches.
The kid’s name is Josh Berry, and his impressions of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet are spot-on. Especially impressive is how he hands the imaginary mic from one player to another, creating a seamless narrative that spans a range of accents, comportments and mannerisms.
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Manchester United and Netherlands star Robin van Persie hosted his annual football festival for kids recently in Rotterdam. At one point during the event, he and two other professionals — Karim Touzani and Tonny Vilhena — took some time for a quick game of keep-away with a few of the young players. The result — the video, below — has become a hit on the web:
The video has captured sports fans’ imaginations for two main reasons. First: van Persie’s jaw-dropping skills as he shows off and messes around in ways we don’t typically see in his more serious matches. Second, and perhaps even cooler: the joyful reaction of spectators and the kids at getting such an up-close encounter with one of their heroes.
Check it out for yourself above, and let me know what you think in the comments.
According to reports Liverpool’s bid of £7.7 million has been accepted by Celta Vigo for the transfer of striker Iago Aspas.
Aspas has scored 60 goals in 130 appearances for Celta and was strongly rumored with a move to the Premier League in the January Transfer Window.
The 25 year old scored 12 goals with 6 assist in 33 appearances in La Liga this season, can lead the line, play as a second striker or in a wider role.
Aspas will become Liverpool’s second signing for the summer following the capture of Kolo Toure.
Liverpool FC confirmed they will sign Manchester City defender Kolo Toure on a free transfer on July 1. A statement in the official site read:
“Liverpool Football Club can today announce they have agreed a deal in principal with Kolo Toure to join the club on July 1. The powerful defender will be registered as a Reds player when his current deal with Manchester City expires.”
The Ivorian was out of contract with Manchester City, and Liverpool were rumored to be keen on bringing in some much needed experience in the defensive department after the retirement of Jamie Carragher.
Liverpool will offer Toure a two-year deal as they look to make the defender their first signing of the summer.
The 32 year old was a member of Arsenal’s invincibles side that won the league title in 2004 and was a regular for Manchester City in his first two seasons. Toure certainly is a world class centre back with more than a decade of Premier league experience. However the 32 year old will be used as a second choice defender, someone who can come in and stabilise panic with his experience during the dying moments of the game.
It is rumoured Liverpool have agreed a fee with West Ham for Striker Carroll after the club showed desire in keeping the player after his successful loan spell at Upton Park.
Reports suggest Liverpool had a £15 million offer accepted on Tuesday for the 24-year-old, and it all depends on Carroll’s willingness for a permanent move.
Rodgers told the reporters he has spoken to Carroll about his future, telling
“It was just a general conversation in terms of the experience of getting out and playing. He enjoyed that apart from the injury. At the start of the season the whole thing was about going and getting games because he wasn’t going to be a starter here. We will talk again with him and the club to see how it all evolves. It’s one of those situations where it will probably be resolved a lot quicker than that for both parties. It’s a difficult one. I spoke to him and we had a good chat. In terms of the money, that’s something out of my control. But he’s a talent so we will assess the whole situation. The objective at the beginning of the season was for him to go out and play. He’s gone away to think of what we spoke about and we will talk again through the weeks.”
Thirty freestyle athletes hold hands, ski, and do a backflip, mostly at the same time. How this happened without anyone breaking something, I can’t understand. The friends pulled this off yesterday at Mont Saint-Sauveur in Quebec:
I am glad to discover it’s not just me who finds running on a treadmill boring – but I’ve never had the imagination of this guy!
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